The Election Commission today announced the dates for the 2023 Lok Sabha elections, along with the dates of assembly elections in Andhra Pradesh, Sikkim, Arunachal Pradesh, and Odisha. The poll body held a press conference at the Vigyan Bhavan to announce the dates of the General Election 2024 with the model code of conduct coming into force immediately. The elections will be held in seven phases, starting from 19 April.
The votes will be counted on 4th June, and the results are expected on the same day.
Following are the dates of the Lok Sabha elections as announced by the Election Commission today:
First Phase – 19 April 2024
Second Phase – 26 April 2024
Third Phase – 7 May 2024
Fourth Phase – 13 May 2024
Fifth Phase – 20 May 2024
Sixth Phase – 25 May 2024
Seventh Phase – 1 June 2024
Here is the detailed schedule of all the phases of the elections, and the phase-wise map of the constituencies.
The detailed schedule of the elections for all the states and union territories is given below.
| State/UT | No. of PCs | Poll Day No/ Date of Poll / Day of the week | ||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||
| 19 Apr 2024 | 26 Apr 2024 | 07 May 2024 | 13 May 2024 | 20 May 2024 | 25 May 2024 | 01 June 2024 | ||
| Friday | Friday | Tuesday | Monday | Monday | Saturday | Saturday | ||
| Andhra Pradesh | 25 | 25 | ||||||
| Arunachal Pradesh | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Assam | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | ||||
| Bihar | 40 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 8 | 8 |
| Chhattisgarh | 11 | 1 | 3 | 7 | ||||
| Goa | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Gujarat | 26 | 26 | ||||||
| Haryana | 10 | 10 | ||||||
| Himachal Pradesh | 4 | 4 | ||||||
| Jharkhand | 14 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | |||
| Karnataka | 28 | 14 | 14 | |||||
| Kerala | 20 | 20 | ||||||
| Madhya Pradesh | 29 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 8 | |||
| Maharashtra | 48 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 13 | ||
| Manipur | 2 | 2 | 1 | |||||
| Meghalaya | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Mizoram | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Nagaland | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Odisha | 21 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | |||
| Punjab | 13 | 13 | ||||||
| Rajasthan | 25 | 12 | 13 | |||||
| Sikkim | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Tamil Nadu | 39 | 39 | ||||||
| Telangana | 17 | 17 | ||||||
| Tripura | 2 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| Uttar Pradesh | 80 | 8 | 8 | 10 | 13 | 14 | 14 | 13 |
| Uttarakhand | 5 | 5 | ||||||
| West Bengal | 42 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 |
| Andaman and Nicobar Islands | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Chandigarh | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Dadra and Nagar Haveli and Daman and Diu | 2 | 2 | ||||||
| Jammu and Kashmir | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||
| Ladakh | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Lakshadweep | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| NCT of Delhi | 7 | 7 | ||||||
| Puducherry | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| Total PCs | 543 | 102 | 89 | 94 | 96 | 49 | 57 | 57 |
| No. of States/UTs on each Poll Day | 21 | 13 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 8 | |
| Date of Counting of Votes | 04.06.2024 | |||||||
The detailed schedule of all the phases is given in the slides presented by the EC during the press conference.
With the announcement of the poll dates, the model code of conduct has come into force, and the govt will effectively work as a caretaker govt, unable to make any major policy decisions.
The dates of the assembly elections are as follows:
Andhra Pradesh – 13 May
Arunachal Pradesh – 19 April
Odisha – 13 May, 20 May, 25 May, 1 June
Sikkim – 19 April
Votes for the assembly elections will also be counted on 4th June.